Strong’s G5480 · Greek
χάραγμα
cháragma
Definition
a scratch or etching, i.e. stamp (as a badge of servitude), or scupltured figure (statue)
Etymology
from the same as G5482 (χάραξ);
Where the KJV renders it
- graven
- mark
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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